Combined Notice of Intent to Sole Source to Authentic8 for Silo suite of digital investigation software and services, and Request for Information

Department of Defense · Department of the Army · W6QK ACC-RI

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Solicitation number: PANROC-26-P-0000034775
Notice type: Presolicitation
NAICS: 513210
Product service code: 7A21
Set-aside: Unrestricted
Posted: 2026-08-18
Response deadline: Sep 2, 2026, 5:00 PM UTC
Contracting contact: jennifer.a.prior.civ@army.mil

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Statement of work, as posted

U.S. Army Contracting Command - Rock Island (ACC-RI), on behalf of Headquarters, Department of the Army, Office of the Chief Informaton Officer, intends to award a new sole-source, single award Enterprise Contract (EC) Indefinite Delivery/Indfinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to Authentic8, Inc. (CAGE Code: 7GED6). This proposed contract will be awarded on a sole-source basis in accordance with Revolutionary FAR Overhaul (RFO) Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.103-1(b), Only One Responsible Source. This requirement is to establish an Enterprise Contract which will be available for ordering by the US Army and the DoW for the full suite of Authentic8 Silo Commercial Off-the-Shelf (COTS) software licenses, professional services, add-on products, and support for US Army and DoW digital investigation operations. Therefore, the Government intends to procure this requirement on a sole-source basis directly from the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM), Authentic8, Inc. THIS NOTICE OF INTENT/ REQUEST FOR INFORMATION IS NOT A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS/QUOTES. However, all responsible sources who believe they can meet the full enterprise-wide scope of this requirement may submit a capability statement, which shall be considered by the agency. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of market research. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement based upon responses received as a result of this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.

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Point of contact: Jennifer A. Prior
Role: not stated on this notice — SAM publishes a role for only about 5% of them, so this may be a contract specialist rather than the contracting officer
Email: jennifer.a.prior.civ@army.mil
Secondary: leslie.m.dickson2.civ@army.mil

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